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EgyptAir Flight 990 bound for Cairo from New York’s Kennedy Airport plunges 10 000m into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 pe
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- 28 Aug 2012
South African History Online. (2012, August 28). EgyptAir Flight 990 bound for Cairo from New York’s Kennedy Airport plunges 10 000m into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 pe. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093110
South African History Online (2012) 'EgyptAir Flight 990 bound for Cairo from New York’s Kennedy Airport plunges 10 000m into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 pe', South African History Online, 28 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093110 (Accessed: 22 October 2026).
South African History Online, EgyptAir Flight 990 bound for Cairo from New York’s Kennedy Airport plunges 10 000m into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 pe [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093110, (accessed 22 October 2026).
"EgyptAir Flight 990 bound for Cairo from New York’s Kennedy Airport plunges 10 000m into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 pe." South African History Online, 28 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093110. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "EgyptAir Flight 990 bound for Cairo from New York’s Kennedy Airport plunges 10 000m into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 pe." South African History Online. August 28, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093110.
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